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Recycling drop off points

Not all recyclable items can go in our yellow recycling bins! Some items need specialised skills or technology to take them apart and to capture their valuable materials for processing and recycling back into new products.

This category lists the businesses, organisations and places where you can drop off materials for recycling.

Every deposit of recyclable materials into the correct collection system sends signals to the market about the desire to recover more materials and transition to a more circular economy.

Rebel Sports Rundle Mall

Retail sports store where you can recycle old sports shoes and balls (TreadLightly).

Rebel Sports Rundle Mall

Telco Store Gouger Street

Drop off location - Mobile Muster phone recycling.

Telco Store Gouger Street

Rebel Adelaide City

Retail sports store where you can recycle old sports shoes and balls (TreadLightly).

Adelaide Zoo

Drop off site for mobile phones and tablets which supports primate conservation in Africa via Zoos SA ‘They’re calling on you’ program.

AWR Charity Bins - North Adelaide

Provides an out of hours drop off bin. AWR is a not-for-profit Op Shop assisting the disadvantaged in Australia and overseas

AWR Charity Bins - CBD

Provides an out of hours drop off bin. AWR is a not-for-profit Op Shop assisting the disadvantaged in Australia and overseas.

National Pharmacies - Gawler Place

Drop off location for blister packs

National Pharmacies - Gawler Place

National Pharmacies - North Adelaide

Drop off location for blister packs

National Pharmacies - North Adelaide

Green Waste Recycling and Mulch Centre

Green waste drop off location

Green Waste Recycling and Mulch Centre

Reuse and Recycle Hub (City Library)

For disposal of hard-to-recycle items. Fluorescent tubes, blister packs, batteries, printer cartridges, e waste, cords and chargers, x-rays, light globes, eye glasses, mobile phones and tablets and plastic bread tags.

Reuse and Recycle Hub (City Library)

Reuse and Recycle Hub (Minor Works Building Community Centre)

For disposal of hard-to-recycle items. Blister packs, batteries, printer cartridges, e waste, cords and chargers, x-rays, light globes, eye glasses, mobile phones and tablets and plastic bread tags.

Reuse and Recycle Hub (Minor Works Building Community Centre)

Reuse and Recycle Hub (North Adelaide Library)

For disposal of hard-to-recycle items. Blister packs, batteries, printer cartridges, e waste, cords and chargers, x-rays, light globes, eye glasses, mobile phones and tablets and plastic bread tags.

Reuse and Recycle Hub (North Adelaide Library)

Reuse and Recycle Hub (City of Adelaide Customer Centre)

For disposal of hard-to-recycle items. Fluorescent tubes, blister packs, batteries, printer cartridges, e waste, cords and chargers, x-rays, light globes, eye glasses, mobile phones and tablets and plastic bread tags.

Reuse and Recycle Hub (City of Adelaide Customer Centre)

Walyu Yarta Community Garden

Community Garden takes food waste for composting, growing food and flowers. Sharing gardening skills.

Something Special Concept Store

Concept store - many products made from more sustainable materials with minimal packaging including toiletries, natural cleaning products, apparel and accessories.

Collect the following hard to recycle waste in store via Terracycle: Soft plastics, plastic or metal bottle caps; Empty blister packs; Metal pull tabs; Plastic bread tags

Something Special Concept Store

Battery Bar - Adelaide

Repair batteries, wiring, terminals. Bicycle batteries. Sell second hand radios and cameras

We are an Accredited B-Cycle member and have partnered with Ecobatt who specialises in the safe collection, processing and recycling of battery products to protect our environment, now, and for future generations.

We are also a Mobile Muster drop-off point for recycling old mobile phones, chargers and cables.Simply bring in your old batteries or phones and drop them in the collection bins in-store.

Hotel Richmond

Printer cartridge recycle drop off point.

JR Surf and Ski

Repair snowboards and wetsuits. Drop off location for Havianas and wetsuit recycling.

Adelaide Dental Care

Dentist and drop off location for toothbrushes and oral care packaging.

Adelaide City Dental Care

Dentist and drop off location for masks, toothbrushes and oral care products.